Larry Ricker

Sr Java Developer, Perspecta

Larry Ricker’s professional experience includes development, system integration, business analysis, testing, design, technical lead, database administration, system administration, consulting, and production and project management.

He’s primarily engaged in team projects for corporations and consulting work in mobile, telephony development, web development, two-factor authentication, security, SOAP and restful web services, voice recognition systems, identity verification, mobile activation and card fulfillment systems.

Content from Larry Ricker

Writing Secure Code in Java

Explore the ins and outs of writing secure coding in Java with these courses covering authentication, injection attacks, website security and more.

Introduction to Java

An introduction to the tools used for demonstrations in this course and a discussion of input validation.

Injection Attacks

An overview of several common injection attacks and how to mitigate them with validation and encoding.

Authentication

An overview of authentication systems and how to store security information safely.

Sensitive Data

Overview of sensitive and non-sensitive data and personally identifiable information, and how this information is protected by privacy laws.

Input Output

This course reviews inputs and outputs to your system and how to move data in and out of your system securely.

Website Security

Review how to secure a website.

Malware

This course discusses malware related to Java development and how to mitigate the risks, and go over formalized code reviews.

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Transitioning from DevOps to DevSecOps

DevOps is essentially the combination of software development and IT operations, and it is found in many enterprise environments. We are going to find out how you can transition into DevSecOps and how you can leverage your skills and apply them to this important role.

Vulnerable Web Apps (From OWASP And Others)

Web application attacks significantly contribute to the breaches and various other cyberattacks. We will go through some of the existing vulnerable web applications that can be used to identify and exploit web application vulnerabilities.

32 hardware and firmware vulnerabilities

We give a breakdown of the 32 most commonly exploited hardware and firmware vulnerabilities. If any of these relate to systems or devices that are under your jurisdiction, it’s extremely important that you take steps to plug these holes before disaster strikes.

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